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| Trustees' annual report |
1tor | |
| Independent examiner's |
report to the trustees | |
| Statement of financial activities |
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| Balance sheet | ||
| Statement of cash flows | ||
| Notes to the financial statements | 12to 23 |
| Registered | charity | name | Suffolk Law Centre | |||||
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| Charity registration | number | 1176229 | ||||||
| Principal office | 46A St. Matthews Street |
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| Ipswich | ||||||||
| Suffolk | ||||||||
| IP1 3EP | ||||||||
| United Kingdom |
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| The trustees | ||||||||
| The trustees | who served during the year and at the date of | approval | were as follows: | |||||
| C Cumberbatch (Chair |
- Appointed | 21 December 2020) | ||||||
| G Clarke MBE (Chair until 20 December 2020) | ||||||||
| J Lea (Treasurer) | ||||||||
| L Gooch | ||||||||
| A Grant OBE | ||||||||
| B Howard | ||||||||
| E Pettman | ||||||||
| DrS Rao | ||||||||
| D Weekes | ||||||||
| D Bradshaw (Resigned |
30 | April 2020) | ||||||
| S Raychaudhuri (Resigned |
30 November | 2020) | ||||||
| Senior Management | A Ludwig (Director of Legal Services) | |||||||
| Charity Secretary | D Bradshaw (Resigned |
30/04/20) | ||||||
| M Howgate (Appointed |
30/04/20, | Resigned 21/12/20) | ||||||
| S Hawkins (Appointed |
21/12/20, | Resigned | 12/01/21) | |||||
| C Cumberbatch (Appointed |
12/01/21) | |||||||
| Independent | examiner | L Thurston FCCA |
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| Lovewell Blake LLP |
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| Chartered accountants |
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| First Floor Suite | ||||||||
| 2 Hillside Business Park | ||||||||
| Bury St Edmunds | ||||||||
| IP32 7EA |
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||
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| Unrestricted | Restricted | |||||
| funds | funds | Total funds | Total funds | |||
| Note | F | |||||
| Income and endowments | ||||||
| Donations, grants and legacies |
4 | 197,035 | 378,725 | 575,760 | 516,087 | |
| Other trading activities |
5 | 692 | ||||
| Total income | 197,035 | 378,725 | 575,760 | 516,779 | ||
| Expenditure | ||||||
| Charitable activities |
6 | 114,411 | 336,598 | 451,009 | 349,028 | |
| Total expenditure | 114,411 | 336,598 | 451,009 | 349,028 | ||
| Net income before | transfer offunds | 82,624 | 42,127 | 124,751 | 167,751 | |
| Transfers between |
funds | 22,145 | (22,I45) | |||
| Net movement in funds |
104,769 | 19,982 | 124,751 | 167,751 | ||
| Reconciliation offunds |
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| Total funds brought | forward | 66,771 | 172,890 | 239,661 | 71,910 | |
| Total funds carried forward | 171,540 | 192,872 | 364,412 | 239,661 |
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||
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| Note | 5 | f | ||||
| Fixed assets | ||||||
| Tangible lixed assets | 10 | 12,729 | 1,917 | |||
| Current assets | ||||||
| Debtors | 11 | 12,250 | 21,437 | |||
| Cash at bank and in | hand | 406,294 | 225,026 | |||
| 418,544 | 246,463 | |||||
| Creditors: Amounts | falling due within | |||||
| one year | 12 | (66,861) | (8,719) | |||
| Net current assets | 351,683 | 237,744 | ||||
| Total assets less current liabilities | 364,412 | 239,661 | ||||
| Net assets | 364,412 | 239,661 | ||||
| Funds ofthe charity | ||||||
| Restricted funds | 192,872 | 172,890 | ||||
| Unrestricted funds |
171,540 | 66,771 | ||||
| Total charity funds | 13 | 364,412 | 239,661 |
| 2021 | 2020 | |||
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| 6 | ||||
| Cash flows from operating | activities | |||
| Net income | 124,751 | 167,751 | ||
| Adjustments for: |
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| Depreciation oftangible fixed assets |
1,840 | 492 | ||
| Chengesin: | ||||
| Trade and other debtors | 9,187 | (16,732) | ||
| Trade and other creditors | 58,142 | (5,782) | ||
| Cash generated from operations |
193,920 | 145,729 | ||
| Net cash from operating activities |
193,920 | 145,729 | ||
| Cash flows from investing | activities | |||
| Purchase oftangible assets |
(12,652) | (1,965) | ||
| Net cash used in investing |
activities | (12,652) | (1,965) | |
| Net increase in cash and |
cash equivalents | 181,268 | 143,764 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents | at beginning | ofyear | 225,026 | 81,262 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | at end ofyear | 406,294 | 225,026 |
| Donations, grants and legacies |
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| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total Funds | |
| Funds | Funds | 2021 | |
| f | 6 | ||
| Donations | |||
| Donations | 14,025 | 14,025 | |
| Grants | |||
| Grants | 183,010 | 378,725 | 561,735 |
| 197,035 | 378,725 | 575,760 | |
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total Funds | |
| Funds | Funds | 2020 | |
| f | 5 | f | |
| Donations | |||
| Donations | 89,168 | 89,168 |
| 4. | Donations, | grants | and | legacies | (continued) | |||
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| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total Funds | ||||||
| Funds 6 |
Funds | 2020 f |
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| Grants | ||||||||
| Grants | 6,290 | 420,629 | 426,919 | |||||
| 95,458 | 420,629 | 516,087 |
| Total 2021 6 |
Total 2020f | |||||||
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| Restricted | ||||||||
| Charity Fund |
114,824 | 159,268 | ||||||
| Legal Foundation | 99,639 | 50,882 | ||||||
| Justice Foundation | 59,686 | 60,000 | ||||||
| Legal Access | 55,119 | |||||||
| Charities Trust |
36,000 | |||||||
| Law Trust | 34,000 | 32,000 | ||||||
| Law Centre | 19,757 | 38,479 | ||||||
| Other grants | received | 5,818 | 18,501 | |||||
| Foundation | 5,000 | 5,000 | ||||||
| Equality and | Human | Rights | 752 | |||||
| I egal Aid | 4,001 | 628 | ||||||
| 378,725 | 420,629 | |||||||
| Unrestricted | ||||||||
| Law Centre | 88,000 | |||||||
| Charity Fund |
50,250 | |||||||
| Council | 23,574 | 6,290 | ||||||
| Charitable Trust |
20,000 | 38,479 | ||||||
| Job Scheme | 1,186 | |||||||
| 561,735 | 426,919 | |||||||
| 5. | Other trading | activities | ||||||
| Unrestricted | Total Funds | Unrestricted | Total Funds | |||||
| Funds | 2021 | Funds | 2020 | |||||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Fundraising | events | 692 | 692 |
| 6. | Expenditure | on charita | ble activities |
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| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total Funds | |||||
| Funds f |
Funds 6 |
2021 6 |
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| Staff costs | 88,544 | 183,449 | 271,993 | ||||
| Support costs | 25,867 | 153,149 | 179,016 | ||||
| 114,411 | 336,598 | 451,009 | |||||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total Funds | |||||
| Funds | Funds | 2020 | |||||
| 6 | 6 | ||||||
| Staff costs | 20,091 | 197,228 | 217,319 | ||||
| Support costs | 40,893 | 90,816 | 131,709 | ||||
| 60,984 | 288,044 | 349,028 | |||||
| Analysis of | support costs | ||||||
| 2021 F |
2020f | ||||||
| Project costs | 129,959 | 56,356 | |||||
| Office costs | 10,950 | 40,348 | |||||
| Rent | 9,056 | 12,075 | |||||
| Insurance | 1,288 | 2,994 | |||||
| Travel costs | 592 | 3,882 | |||||
| AGM costs | 884 | ||||||
| Depreciation | 1,840 | 492 | |||||
| Advertising | 3,071 | 4,006 | |||||
| Legal and professional | costs | 19,866 | 8,332 | ||||
| Independent | examination | fees | 2,394 | 2,340 | |||
| 179,016 | 131,709 | ||||||
| 7. | Net income | ||||||
| Net income is stated after charging/(crediting): | |||||||
| 2021 6 |
2020 f |
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| Depreciation | oftangible | fixed assets | 1,840 | 492 |
| 2021 | 2020f | |
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| Wages and salaries | 248,343 | 208,848 |
| Social security costs | 16,621 | 868 |
| Pension costs | 5,077 | 827 |
| Other staff welfare expenses | 1,952 | 6,776 |
| 271,993 | 217,319 |
| 10. | from the charity (2020:ENil). Tangible fixed assets |
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| Computer | |||
| equipmentf | |||
| Cost | |||
| At 1 April 2020 | 2,516 | ||
| Additions | 12,652 | ||
| At 31 March 2021 | 15,168 | ||
| Depreciation | |||
| At 1 April 2020 | 599 | ||
| Charge for the year | 1,840 | ||
| At 31 March 2021 | 2,439 | ||
| Carrying amount |
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| At 31 March 2021 | 12,729 | ||
| At 31 March 2020 | 1,917 | ||
| 11. | Debtors | ||
| 2021 | 2020 | ||
| 6 | F | ||
| Trade debtors | 250 | 12,990 | |
| Prepayments and accrued income |
12,000 | 8,447 | |
| 12,250 | 21,437 |
| Creditors: Amounts |
falling due within one year | ||
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| 2021 | 2020 | ||
| 6 | |||
| Trade creditors | 56,987 | 2,236 | |
| Accruals and deferred | income | 2,394 | 2,340 |
| Other creditors | 7,480 | 4,143 | |
| 66,861 | 8,719 |
| Restricted funds | ||||||
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| At 31 Mar | ||||||
| At 1 Apr 2020 6 |
Income | Expendituref | Transfers 5 |
2021 | ||
| Legal Advice Clinic | 12,903 | 34,000 | (32,197) | 14,705 | ||
| Immigration Advice |
Centre | 2,005 | (2,005) | |||
| Charitable Trust |
2,941 | (2,941) | ||||
| Housing and Business |
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| Development | 4,744 | (4,744) | ||||
| Legal Education | 18,604 | 24,639 | (22,832) | 20,411 | ||
| Suffolk Family Law Support | ||||||
| Project | 64 | (64) | ||||
| Health Justice | 1,501 | 1,501 | ||||
| Legal Foundation | 16,660 | (16,196) | (464) | |||
| EUSS | 6,110 | (858) | (5,252) | |||
| Right To BeHere | 6,007 | (2,685) | (3,323) | |||
| Tackling Discrimination |
46,949 | 114,824 | (117,944) | 43,829 | ||
| Housing Fund |
1,825 | (1,825) | ||||
| Foundation | 5,000 | (5,000) | ||||
| Justice Bus | 53,059 | (42,894) | (10,165) | |||
| Legal Aid - Housing | 628 | 4,001 | (113) | 4,516 | ||
| Home Office | 17,965 | (21,808) | (3,843) | |||
| Covid Emergency | Fund | 5,000 | (5,000) | |||
| Foundation | 1,500 | (1,500) | ||||
| GYO | 75,000 | (24,186) | 50,814 | |||
| Justice Foundation | 54,286 | (29,347) | 24,939 | |||
| Community Justice |
5,400 | (5,400) | ||||
| Project Fund | 36,000 | 36,000 | ||||
| 172,890 | 378,725 | (336,598) | (22,145) | 192,872 | ||
| Designated funds |
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| Charitable Trust |
20,000 | (18,941) | 2,941 | 4,000 | ||
| Justice Bus | 9,682 | 9,682 | ||||
| Right To BeHere | 3,323 | 3,323 | ||||
| Foundation | 1,600 | 1,600 | ||||
| Trust | 2,000 | (355) | 1,645 | |||
| 22,000 | (19,296) | 17,546 | 20,250 | |||
| Unrestricted funds |
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| General Funds |
66,771 | 175,035 | (95,115) | 4,599 | 151,290 |
| Restricted funds | |||||||
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| At 31 Mar | |||||||
| At 1 Apr 2019 | Income | Expenditure | Transfers | 2020 | |||
| E | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Tackling Discdmination |
(Old) | 1,569 | 59,264 | (60,833) | |||
| Legal Advice Clinic | 10,388 | 32,000 | (29,485) | 12,903 | |||
| Immigration Advice Centre |
3,085 | (1,080) | 2,005 | ||||
| Charitable Trust |
2,500 | 17,000 | (16,559) | 2,941 | |||
| Housing and Business |
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| Development | 8,340 | 11,450 | (15,046) | 4,744 | |||
| Legal Education | Foundation | 4,028 | 30,877 | (16,301) | 18,604 | ||
| Suffolk Family Law Support | |||||||
| Project | 5,373 | (5,309) | 64 | ||||
| Justice Week | 135 | (135) | |||||
| Health Justice | 1,501 | 1,501 | |||||
| Legal Foundation | 55,119 | (38,459) | 16,660 | ||||
| EUSS | 21,379 | (26,266) | 4,887 | ||||
| Right To BeHere | 17,100 | (11,093) | 6,007 | ||||
| Tackling Discrimination |
(New) | 100,004 | (53,055) | 46,949 | |||
| Housing Fund |
8,555 | (6,730) | 1,825 | ||||
| Foundation | 5,000 | 5,000 | |||||
| Justice Bus | 60,000 | (6,941) | 53,059 | ||||
| EH | 752 | (752) | |||||
| Legal Aid - Housing | 628 | 628 | |||||
| 35,418 | 420,629 | (288,044) | 4,887 | 172,890 | |||
| Unrestricted funds |
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| General Funds |
4,479 | 96,150 | (60,984) | 27,126 | 66,771 | ||
| Designated Funds |
32,013 | (32,013) | |||||
| 36,492 | 96,150 | (60,984) | (4,887) | 66,771 |
| 31March 2021 | ||||
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| General | Designated | Restricted | Total | |
| Funds | Funds | Funds | Funds | |
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| Tangible fixed assets | 10,320 | 498 | 1,911 | 12,729 |
| Current assets | 140,970 | 19,752 | 190,961 | 351,683 |
| Net Assets | 151,290 | 20,250 | 192,872 | 364,412 |
| 31March 2020 | ||||
| General | Designated | Restricted | Total | |
| Funds 8 |
Funds 8 |
Funds 8 |
Fundsf | |
| Tangible fixed assets | 881 | 1,036 | 1,917 | |
| Current assets | 65,890 | 171,854 | 237,744 | |
| Net Assets | 66,771 | 172,890 | 239,661 |
| 15. | Analysis | ofchanges | ofchanges | in | net debt | ||||
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| At | |||||||||
| At 1 Apr 2020 6 |
Cash flows f |
31 Mar 2021 | |||||||
| Cash at bank and | in | hand | 225,026 | 181,268 | 406,294 | ||||
| 16. | Operating | lease | commitments | ||||||
| The total | future minimum |
lease payments | under non-canceflable | operating | leases are as | follows: |
| 2021 | 2020 |
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| 600 |